The measure of our compassion lies not in our service of those in the margins but only in our willingness to see ourselves in kinship with them.

And since you probably just read through those words and didn’t pay close enough attention, let me repeat them:

The measure of our compassion lies not in our service of those in the margins but only in our willingness to see ourselves in kinship with them.

To be fair, this wasn’t the commencement speech. But it was graduation. People were commencing.

It’s easy to check box community service; you can tell by how easy it is to get it over with. It’s something a lot holier to see someone else with Godly eyes and care, so much so that you see your lives connected. So, get to commencing.